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Cable News · 31-03-08, 02:10 PM

Virgin Media is planning to take action against subscribers who illegally download copyrighted material. As part of an initiative that will be implemented during the next few months, Virgin will work with the British Phonographic Institute, together with television and movie studios in a voluntary scheme. Details of users believed to be breaking the law [...]

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JNandhi · 01-04-08, 04:42 AM

Horrible situation! Although there are plenty of Internet Browsers that will enable anonymous web surfing. If worse comes to worse I believe that you can hide behind a proxy server. Something to test I reckon

jimbo · 01-04-08, 10:35 AM

yes id agree.

lincsat · 01-04-08, 01:34 PM

The problem comes when someone that has cloned your modem downloads something illegal.

31-03-08, 02:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Cable News Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 271 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Scheme to prevent illegal downloads planned by Virgin Virgin Media is planning to take action against subscribers who illegally download copyrighted material. As part of an initiative that will be implemented during the next few months, Virgin will work with the British Phonographic Institute, together with television and movie studios in a voluntary scheme. Details of users believed to be breaking the law [...] More: Scheme to prevent illegal downloads planned by Virgin

01-04-08, 04:42 AM	#2 (permalink)
JNandhi Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 18 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Scheme to prevent illegal downloads planned by Virgin Horrible situation! Although there are plenty of Internet Browsers that will enable anonymous web surfing. If worse comes to worse I believe that you can hide behind a proxy server. Something to test I reckon

01-04-08, 10:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
jimbo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4,007 Thanks: 254 Thanked 891 Times in 554 Posts	Re: Scheme to prevent illegal downloads planned by Virgin yes id agree. __________________ i now keep copies of some posts before they are deleted, this is a private matter.

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lincsat Super-Dooper Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In front of the PC Posts: 6,003 Thanks: 8 Thanked 2,580 Times in 667 Posts	Re: Scheme to prevent illegal downloads planned by Virgin The problem comes when someone that has cloned your modem downloads something illegal. __________________ Blade7000 & DM800Pro/SE in Stock, Linux Sat boxes from £52.25, SkyboxF3 under £60. Kryptview £123.50 & SV6 under £72 with Members Discount - Lincsat's Nick-Nacks (Shop) Drivers Protest Union

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